News from the 3-6 year old Classrooms

By Mrs. Lisa DeLaurier

All you need is love and our classrooms are full of it this month!  We are hoping the groundhog will cooperate so we can get outside to play!  February begins with the Chinese New Year and this is the year of the Rabbit.  Along with many activities

centered on the animals of the Chinese calendar;the children will be busy making lanterns and dragons.  The next celebration will be Valentine’s Day! 

The children love to express their kind feelings by making cards and pictures in the art area!  During the class parties the children will be passing out the Valentine’s they have made for their friends.  Valentine’s cards are a great way for the children to practice writing their names and the names of their friends.  It also gives those children who are budding artists a chance to channel their creativity into special gifts and cards for their class (mom and dad too!). 

Once we calm down from our sugar rushes we will be discussing our President and all those Presidents who helped shape our country.  The children love to hear about George Washington’s false teeth and making Abraham Lincoln’s log cabin out of sticks.  The children are always surprised to hear that Lincoln once lived in our state!  Discussing where he lived gives the opportunity to get our United States map out and talk about where our state is and where the capitol of our country is too!

The month of February is also dental month!  We will be having a presentation from a dentist about how to take care of our teeth.  The children are able to practice brushing and flossing teeth by using the set of teeth we have in our practical life area.  We will also present the food pyramid and how what we eat not only affects our teeth, but our whole body. 

February is a busy month in our rooms!  We are looking forward to not only showing how to take care of our bodies, but also our hearts by showing each other how we care for each other!  After eating all our candies, we’ll be happy to get the toothbrush our guest dentist leaves!  The end of the month will lead into what we hope is the last month of winter!